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US aircraft strike 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in western Afghanistan

U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted strikes on 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in Farah and…

Fergus Kelly

Airstrike kills senior ISIS commander Qari Hekmat in northern Afghanistan

Qari Hekmat, the top commander of Islamic State – Khorasan Province in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, was killed…

Fergus Kelly

UN peacekeeper from Niger shot dead in northern Mali

A U.N. peacekeeper from Niger was shot dead by militants in Gao in northern Mali on Friday, the latest in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nearly new: US approves $1.31 billion upgrades to existing Saudi howitzers

The U.S. State Department approved the $1.31 billion sale to Saudi Arabia of upgrades to existing M109 self-propelled howitzers

Fergus Kelly

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 3, Africom says

An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed three people on April 5, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said

Staff Writer With AFP

Palestinians torch tires to block Israeli snipers on the Gaza border

Palestinians protested along the army buffer zone in Gaza for the second week, as the number of people killed by…

Joanne Stocker

Two UN peacekeepers killed, 10 wounded in Mali mortar attack

Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and 10 others wounded during an attack on their camp in northeastern Mali, the U.N.'s…

Staff Writer With AFP

US approves $7.2 billion military aircraft sales to NATO allies Germany, Slovakia, Spain and the UK

The U.S. State Department approved sales of F-16 fighter jets and weapons to Slovakia, CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Spain, MQ-4C Triton…

Fergus Kelly

US Syria mission ‘has not changed,’ Pentagon says

The U.S. military's Syria mission has not changed and troops will remain for now, the Pentagon said, days after President…

Fergus Kelly

The US military’s Sahel exercise is fixing its gaze on ISIS and Boko Haram

The 2018 iteration of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa’s exercise Flintlock will focus on real-world threats to the Sahel from…

Joanne Stocker